I have been very happy with Untangle! http://www.untangle.com/
Based on Ubuntu the free modules do a fairly decent job. I used the ISO version and loaded up an older P4 with 1gb ram and 80gb harddisk and 2 nics and set it up in "transparent bridge" mode (as I use pfsense for my home router). It does quite well. There is a 7.1beta that is reported to be working well for everyone. It can also do the router function, I just have a lot setup in pfsense that I wanted to keep it in the equation. In bridge mode, you insert Untangle inline between the LAN and the router. Has a nice web interface and is by far the easiest thing I have ever tried that appears to do what I was looking for. You can gain ssh shell access but most everything will get reset by the Untangle "engine". -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gibson Prichard Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 11:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [nlug] Home Content-Filtering Firewalls For years I have used IPCop at home as a content-filtering firewall, protecting my kids from stuff they shouldn't see online. I noticed that IPCop seems to be stuck in a rather old release, with no real enhancements being done that I can see. So, I thought I would try another Linux firewall with a web GUI front end (to help my wife tune the filters when needed). I downloaded Untangle and am very disappointed - the internet connection seems to go down every 5 minutes with Untangle and I have to restart the content filter to restore it. Maybe its the box I'm using, but it seems very slow on the GUI part, too. I was wondering what others use and what your recommendations are for filtration of kids content at the firewall level. I'm shying away from software on the client, since we have things like iPod touches and iPhones that don't have ready content filters available. I have Smoothwall, but haven't tried it yet. Any ideas? Gibson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en.
